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G. W. WELLS.

CUSHION FOR EYBGLASS NOSE 'GfIIA1?f.-1Js.v4

Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

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GEORGE XV. VELLS, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CUSHION FOR EYEGLASS NOSE-GUARDS.

Applicntioniiled June 3, 1885.

, ing para of Letters Patent No, 323,550, eared Angus@ e, i885.

(No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WnLLs, or Southbridge, in the county of Vorcester and State of lvlassachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Cushions for Eyeglass Guards, of which the following is a specification.

The nose-guards which are attached to the eye wires of eyeglasses are sometimes cushioned with india-rubber, cork, or other soft und elastic material, which is intended to exert such. friction on the nose as is necessary to hold the eyeglasses in place, and also to prevent abrasion or injury to the nose.

The object of my invention is to'provide for securely tastening a strip or strips of corkwood, artificial cork, india-rubber, or other soft elastic material to the guard, so as to form a proper` facingtherefor, orso as to completely envelop the guard at that portion which bears upon the nose.

The invention consisls in the combination, with a nose-guard having lips or flanges projecting from its face, of a sol't and elastic facing or cushion inserted under and overlapped by the lips or flanges and cemented to the guard. These lips or flanges may be 'cnt from the metal of the guard and deflected outward, or they may be formed bya separate piece or pieces fixed to the guard.

The invention also consists in a guard having coverings or l'acings of soft and elastic material on its inner and outer sides, the coverings or 'acin being wider than the guard and cemented or connected together beyond and along the edges of the guard, and also cemented to the guard.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a pair ot' eyeglasses embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents an edge View of one hall' thereof, the section being taken through the bov-spring, and showing a face view ol` the guard. Fig. 3A represents, in section, a nose-guard and covering therefor on a larger scale, the guard being provided with integral lips or langes. Figs. et and 5 are views similar to Fie. 3, Fig. el. showing the nose-guard as provided. with a single piece forming both lips or flanges, and Fig. 5 showing the nose-guard provided with two separate pieces, cach forming a lip or flange. Figs.

6 and 7 represent transverse sections ot guards and coverings corresponding to Figs. 3, 4, and 5, and both embodying my invention.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A A designate the eyewires, and B the bow-spring connected with studs c on the eyewires in the usual or any suitable way.

C designates the nose-guards, which may be formed by prolongations of the bow-spring, and which are or may be at their lower ends attached to the eye-Wires A by a tongue and slot connection b b', which forms no part of my invention. The noseguards C have each 6 5 a cushion of cork or other soft and elastic material, formed by covering the face or the face and back of the guard with a strip or strips of the material.

I have here designated the coverings or faci ings for the front and back of the guard C by the letters c c. These coverings or facings are, as here shown, `wider than the guard, as will be best seen from Figs. 2, 6, and 7, and

are connected beyond the parallel edges of the guard and cemented to the guard. These coverings or facings may consist of separate strips or pieces, as shown in Fig. 6, extending beyond the edges of the guard C and there cemented together by glue or other cement, and 8o also cemented to the guard; or they may be formed by a single strip, slitted from one edge inward so as to receive the guard C, as shown in Fig. 7; andthe two portions may then be cemented together at the slitted edge and beyoud the guard, and also cemented to the guard. The Outer covering or facing, c, may be also secured in place by lips or flanges d, cnt from the metal of the guard and bent or deflected outward, so that the covering or facing c will be overlapped and held by the lips or iianges d, as shown in Fig. 3. Lips or fianges d may be employed to hold the cushion in place,whether it consists of a facing for the outer side oi' the guard only, or envelopes the 95 guard and forms coverings or facings for both the outer and inner sides thereof. The lips or flanges hold the cushion in place lengthwise ofthe guardb Instead oi' the lips or flanges d being cnt roo from and formed integral with the guard C, as shown in Fig. 3, they may he formed. by

bending over the opposite ends of a thin strip or piece which extends along and is riveted or otherwise secured to the guard, as shown in I Fig. 4; or they may be separately formed by two pieces secured by riveting or otherwise to the guard, as shown in Fig. 5.

Vhen the coverings or facings are applied to both sides of the guard, they are wider than the guard, so that they may be connected beyond and along the edges of the guard; and by this extension of the coverings or facings beyond the edges of the guard I obtain a wide cushion,which has ample bearing on the nose.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a nose guard for eyeglasses having lips or flanges projecting from its face, of a soft and elastic facing or cushion inserted under and overlapped by the lips or flanges and cemented to the guard,

substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with a nose-guard for eyeglasses, of lips or flanges made of a separate piece or pieces fixed upon the guard, and a soft and elastic facing or cushion inserted under and overlapped by the lips or flanges and cemented to the guard, substantially as herein described.

3. A nose-guard for eyeglasses, having on its opposite sides facings or coverings of soft elastic material wider than the guard, cemented or connected together beyond and along the edges of the guard, and also cemented to the guard, substantially as herein described.

4. A nose-guard for eyeglasses, having on opposite sides facings or coverings of soft elastic material Wider thangthe guard, cemented or connected together beyond and along the edges of the guard, and also cemented to the guard, the guard also having lips or anges which overlap and hold the material in place, substantially as herein described.

GEORGE XV. VELLS.

Vitnesses:

RoBT.. H. COLE, AUGUsTUs CooK. 

